Countries
South Africa
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Molo
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
xhosa
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
16th Century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Belarusian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Belarusian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.